Man rescued in Bridgewater woods

Police and firefighters in Bridgewater saved a man's life after an apparent suicide attempt in the woods off Elm Street Wednesday night.

BRIDGEWATER - Police and firefighters in Bridgewater saved a man's life after an apparent suicide attempt in the woods off Elm Street Wednesday night.

The East Bridgewater Police department got a call that a 57-year-old man was making suicidal threats around 7:45 p.m., Bridgewater Police Lt. Thomas Schlatz said.

East Bridgewater Police called Bridgewater Police and said they believed the man would be in the area of Elm Street.

"It was believed that he would be in that area," Schlatz said.

The unidentified man's car was found on Elm Street and a K9 was brought in to search the woods, Schlatz said.

The K9 followed a scent from the car and led first responders to the West Bridgewater man, who was injured. Officials would not say how the man came to be injured.

About 8:30 p.m., the man was brought out of the woods on a stretcher via a Bridgewater Fire Department ATV. He was then rushed from the scene in an ambulance to Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton.